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title: Installing Sample Data for Magento Community Edition (CE)
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<h2>Overview</h2>
<p>This page discusses how to get the sample data for:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Magento Community Edition (CE) 1.6, 1.7, or 1.8</li>
	<li>Magento Community Edition (CE) 1.9.0.0</li>
	<li>Magento Community Edition (CE) 1.9.1.0&ndash;1.9.2.0</li>
</ul>

<div class="msg-box important"><img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/guides/m1x/images/icon-important.png" alt="important" align="left" width="40"><span><strong>Important</strong>: Magento CE 1.9 and later use different sample data from the other versions in
		the preceding list. Make sure you use the correct version of sample data
		with your version of Magento CE.</span></div>

<h2>Install Sample Data Before You Install Magento</h2>
<p>Magento CE sample data must be installed <em>before</em> you install Magento CE.</p>

<h2>Getting the Sample Data</h2>
<p>
	The sample data is provided in different formats for your convenience.
	Archives for each version have exactly the same content (they differ only by compression method).
</p>
<ul>
	<!-- <li>
		Magento CE 1.6, 1.7, or 1.8:
		<a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.6.1.0/magento-sample-data-1.6.1.0.zip" title=".zip">.zip</a> (9.92 MB),
		<a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.6.1.0/magento-sample-data-1.6.1.0.tar.gz" title=".tar.gz">.tar.gz</a> (9.86 MB),
		<a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.6.1.0/magento-sample-data-1.6.1.0.tar.bz2" title=".tar.bz2">.tar.bz2</a> (9.77 MB)
	</li>
	<li>
		Magento CE 1.9.0.0:
		<a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.9.0.0/magento-sample-data-1.9.0.0.zip" title=".zip">.zip</a> (416.95 MB),
		<a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.9.0.0/magento-sample-data-1.9.0.0.tar.gz" title=".tar.gz">.tar.gz</a> (414.55 MB),
		<a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.9.0.0/magento-sample-data-1.9.0.0.tar.bz2" title=".tar.bz2">.tar.bz2</a> (317 MB)
	</li> -->
	<li>		
		<a href="https://www.magentocommerce.com/download#download1759" target="_blank">Magento CE 1.9.1.0&ndash;1.9.2.0</a>
	</li>
</ul>

<h2>Installing the Sample Data</h2>
<p>Detailed instructions for installing sample data for Magento CE 1.6&ndash;1.9 can be found on the <a href="{{ site.m1xgdeurl }}/install/installing_install.html#install-sample" target="_blank">Magento Knowledge Base</a>.</p>
